2392
"Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being"
(FC 11).

2393 By creating the human
being man and woman, God gives personal dignity equally to the one and the
other. Each of them, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual
identity.

2394 Christ is the model of
chastity. Every baptized person is called to lead a chaste life, each according
to his particular state of life.

2395 Chastity means the
integration of sexuality within the person. It includes an apprenticeship in
self-mastery.

2396 Among the sins gravely
contrary to chastity are masturbation, fornication, pornography, and homosexual
practices.

2397 The covenant which
spouses have freely entered into entails faithful love. It imposes on them the
obligation to keep their marriage indissoluble.

2398 Fecundity is a good, a
gift and an end of marriage. By giving life, spouses participate in God's
fatherhood.

2399 The regulation of births
represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood.
Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to
morally unacceptable means (for example, direct sterilization or
contraception).

2400 Adultery, divorce,
polygamy, and free union are grave offenses against the dignity of marriage.